The past few weeks have certainly not been the easiest for the New York Mets , as they saw their competition for the third and final Wild Card spot in the National League inch closer and closer to them amid what was shaping up to be a painful late season collapse. But they seem to have righted the ship in recent days, as they took their second consecutive victory with an 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

The Mets took off with a five-run first inning against the Padres on Tuesday and did not look back, and with that win, they managed to keep the hard-charging Arizona Diamondbacks at bay at 1.5 games back of them in the standings.

While Juan Soto did not do a lot to garner headlines, as he went just 1-4 with his lone hit on the night coming in that first inning avalanche

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